DIVERSION
DIRECTIONS
PROGRAM
From Beavercreek: Take 35 East to
Progress Drive, turn Left; turn Left onto
Greene Way Boulevard.
From Cedarville: Take 42 West to 35
West; turn Right onto Progress Drive,
turn left onto Greene Way Boulevard.
From Fairborn: Take 235 South to 68
South into Xenia, turn Right onto 35
West; turn Right onto Progress Drive,
turn Left onto Greene Way Boulevard.
From Jamestown: Take 35 By-Pass; take
35 Business Exit (W. main Street; turn
Left onto Progress Drive, turn Left onto
Greene Way Boulevard.
From Yellow Springs: Take 68 South into
Xenia, turn Right onto 35 West; turn
Right onto Progress Drive, turn Left
onto Greene Way Boulevard.
For further information please call:
Rhonda J. White, M.A.,
Diversion Director
(937) 562-4000 or
Fairborn Residents – (937- 426-1779)
Ext. 4000
Fax: (937) 562-4060
Monday through Friday
GREENE COUNTY JUVENILE
COURT
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
2100 Greene Way Boulevard
Xenia, OH 45385
Judge Robert W. Hutcheson
The Greene County Juvenile Court
Diversion Program is an informal court
alternative offered to unruly and/or minor
delinquent involved youth. Diversion
focuses on holding youth accountable for
their behavior. Success in Diversion is
dependent on having a strong working
relationship with the child, the parent, and
often the school.
PURPOSE
The primary purpose of the Diversion
Program is to prevent formal court
involvement for those youth who have had
no previous court history. The Diversion
Program is based on a widely accepted
belief that no all cases are best handled
through the formal court .
WHO IS ELIGIBLE


Youth charged with a
misdemeanor who are first time
offenders.
Youth who display unruly
behaviors at home.

You who are truant from school.

Youth at risk of being
adjudicated unruly or
delinquent as a result of a
complaint with this Court.
GOAL
The goal is to address present acting out
behavior by providing short-term,
intensive court intervention for youth
and their families. The target
population is youth ages 8 through 17.
The diversion program’s focus is on
behavioral ownership, through selfdiscipline, individual and family
empowerment and victim awareness.
The Program aims at reducing
recidivism by improving the youth’s
decision making skills, strengthening
the family relationships , as well as
enhancing the child’s self-esteem.
contract that the youth and
parent/guardian must complete. A
denial will be transferred to the
formal court process.
3) Youth will be monitored by
diversion staff over a 2-4 month
period through home, school,
and/or office visits.
4) Successful completion of the
program results in dismissal of the
complaint. There will be no official
court record. Unsuccessful
completion will result in formal
court involvement.
PROCESS
1) The diversion hearing will take
place in a diversion counselor’s
office.
2) Youth will be expected to admit
or deny the alleged behavior at the
onsent of the diversion hearing. An
admission will result in the hearing
officer developing a diversion
“Your true character is revealed
by the path you choose. The path
you travel defines who you are,
and who you are . . . you are
forever.